Infrastructure and Development : A Critical Appraisal of the Macro Level Literature

This survey reviews the existing macro-level empirical literature on the link between infrastructure and development outcomes in a critical light. After providing a general framework that casts the relevant terms of the controversy on the real effe...

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Main Author:	Straub, Stéphane
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK ADB ADVERSE SELECTION AGRICULTURE AIRPORTS ALLOCATION AUTOMOBILE BOTTLENECKS BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENTRAL BANK COLLUSION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COST OF CAPITAL CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH RATE GROWTH THEORY HIGHWAY HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES INVENTORY INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT IN ROADS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LDCS MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MORAL HAZARD NATURAL MONOPOLIES NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK EXTERNALITY NORTH AFRICA OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY RAILROADS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RETURN ON INVESTMENT ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROADS SANITATION SAVINGS SOUTH AMERICA SPECIALIZATION STOCKS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRUE UTILITY FUNCTION VEHICLE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS VETO WAGES
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Infrastructure and Development : A Critical Appraisal of the Macro Level Literature

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